Etymograph

English

cuartillo

Cuartillo comes from Spanish cuartillo ‘¹⁄₄₈ Castilian bushel, &c’, from Old Spanish quartillo ‘little fourth’, and ultimately from Latin quartus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquartus1‘one-fourth’
  2. Old Spanishc. 950–1500quartillo1‘little fourth’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentcuartillo1‘¹⁄₄₈ Castilian bushel, &c’
  4. Englishtodaycuartillo1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English cuartillo

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquartusWiktionary, English cuartillo‘one-fourth’
  2. Old Spanishc. 950–1500quartilloWiktionary, English cuartillo‘little fourth’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentcuartilloWiktionary, English cuartillo‘¹⁄₄₈ Castilian bushel, &c’
  4. EnglishtodaycuartilloWiktionary, English cuartillo

Linked words

through Latin quartus ‘one-fourth’

quarter, quart, 14 more

Another origin of cuartillo

  1. Old Spanishc. 950–1500quartillo‘little fourth’
  2. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500quartillo
  3. Galicianmoderncuartillo‘¹⁄₁₂₀ Galician bushel’
  4. Englishtodaycuartillo

Today it means

noun A traditional Castilian unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1.2 L.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “cuartillo”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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